SESAM Confer­ence: Unifying your Factory Data

The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance will contribute the perspec­tive of open and inter­op­er­able indus­trial ecosys­tems. In his presen­ta­tion, OI4 Pres­i­dent Dr. Chris­tian Liedtke will share insights from Manufacturing‑X and Factory‑X and show how tech­nolo­gies such as the Asset Admin­is­tra­tion Shell (AAS), refer­ence archi­tec­tures and open stan­dards can support scal­able indus­trial solu­tions. He will also high­light the growing collab­o­ra­tion between OI4 and SESAM, including joint activ­i­ties around UNS.

08.45 – 09.05: Break­fast and networking

09.05 – 09.10: Welcome by SESAM

09.10 – 09.45: Are your UNS data trust­worthy – or are they feeding AI hallu­ci­na­tions?
Learn why trust­worthy data is the foun­da­tion for successful AI initia­tives. This session explores how the Spark­plug stan­dard strengthens MQTT with state manage­ment, compres­sion and discov­er­ability, making Unified Name­space a reli­able foun­da­tion for indus­trial appli­ca­tions, AI and inter­op­er­able solu­tions such as i3X.
Speaker: Kelvin Schmidt, Oper­a­tion and Main­te­nance Engi­neer & BEng in Soft­ware Devel­op­ment, Aarhus School of Marine and Tech­nical Engi­neering

09.45 – 10.35: Gaplast’s Unified Name­space journey: What we learned, and where AI comes in
Hear how Gaplast built a Unified Name­space to create a single source of truth for factory data and reduce vendor lock-in. The session covers key lessons learned, the chal­lenges of inte­grating hetero­ge­neous machine envi­ron­ments, and how AI could simplify future imple­men­ta­tions.
Speakers: Daniel Heerd, Head of IT & Solu­tion Archi­tect, Gaplast & Daniel Golde­band, Director, i‑flow GmbH

10.35 – 11.05: Coffee break

11.05 – 12.05: Own the knowl­edge, not just the graph – From data to struc­ture to knowl­edge graphs
Explore a schema-first approach to indus­trial data manage­ment and learn how knowl­edge graphs can simplify system inte­gra­tion, reduce vendor lock-in and create a trusted data foun­da­tion for AI. The session includes a real-world case from ROCK­WOOL.
Speakers: Carsten Dyhr Nielsen, OT Archi­tect, ROCK­WOOL & Alex Severin, Port­folio Director, Industry 5.0, ROCK­WOOL & Tobias Lante, Senior Busi­ness Analyst, Tran­si­tion Tech­nolo­gies

12.05 – 12.55: Lunch break

12.55 – 13.45: How to manage a UNS Archi­tec­ture – Unifying data from numerous machine units
Discover how VELUX is scaling its Unified Name­space archi­tec­ture across manu­fac­turing. Learn how indus­trial connec­tivity, reusable infor­ma­tion models and modern edge archi­tec­tures are helping make factory data contin­u­ously avail­able, contex­tu­alised and reusable.
Speaker: Poul Kier­sholm, Senior Solu­tion Archi­tect, VELUX

13.45 – 13.55: SESAM working groups – Why join?
Learn how SESAM’s working groups bring compa­nies together to share knowl­edge, influ­ence stan­dards and collab­o­rate on indus­trial digi­tal­i­sa­tion.

13.55 – 14.25: From Manufacturing‑X to cross-border collab­o­ra­tion – Building the next gener­a­tion of open indus­trial ecosys­tems
Learn how Manufacturing‑X is driving inter­op­er­able indus­trial data ecosys­tems in Germany. The session explores how tech­nolo­gies such as the Asset Admin­is­tra­tion Shell (AAS), refer­ence archi­tec­tures and open stan­dards enable scal­able indus­trial solu­tions, and high­lights the growing collab­o­ra­tion between the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance (OI4) and SESAM.
Speaker: Dr. Chris­tian Liedtke, Prin­cipal Consul­tant at KUKA AG and Pres­i­dent of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance (OI4)

14.25 – 14.40: Networking break

14.40 – 15.10: Stop building the UNS – start earning it
Learn why busi­ness value should come before archi­tec­ture. Through prac­tical factory use cases, this keynote shows how focusing on value-creating initia­tives first can accel­erate your Unified Name­space journey and deliver faster results.
Speaker: Torben Swartz, CCO & Partner, Tricloud

15.10 – 15.55: Your UNS is ready – Now let anyone build on it
See how combining Unified Name­space, i3X and AI can make factory data acces­sible to everyone. Discover how users can ask ques­tions in natural language and instantly receive dash­boards, insights and appli­ca­tions built from live produc­tion data – without writing code.
Speaker: Anders Fred­borg, CEO & Partner, Tricloud

15.55 – 16.00: Recap and eval­u­a­tion of the day